Especially in this economy, it’s clear that there are pressures on everyone in the advertising ecosystem to do more with less. This leads to advertisers (or their downstream reps, ad buying agencies) trying to figure how to allocate resources in the most effective way possible. But some of the thinking…
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Rob Deichert Jr., Senior Vice President of Ad Operations at The Weather Channel, will be presenting a Focus Session: Publisher Success Across Multiple Platforms: The Operations Opportunity at OPS in NY on September 30, 2010. In advance of the event we asked him a few questions about multiple delivery platforms…
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Ad Operations is the most widely used name for the department in a company that manages the advertising closed by account managers or sales reps.Fundamentally, Ad Operations is a team of ad traffic managers, although the overall team description is (or should be) more than just managing ads. These are…
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Edward Montes will be presenting a keynote address When will Online Advertising Evolve? at OPS US in New York on September 30, 2010. In advance of the event we talked him a few questions about the evolution of online advertising.Q: Please tell us a bit about what you are doing…
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According to the Bain Study “Building Brands Online”, in the next 3 years, brand marketers will spend close to 40% of their budget on cross-platform campaigns (up from roughly 25%). That’s about $52,000,000,000 being spent on cross platform campaigns in the near future. Unless you start making changes in your…
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I hope everyone who attended the US Leadership Forum in New York this past week found it enjoyable and valuable. As always I was in awe of being surrounded by so many smart people. Events such as the Leadership Forum are such a great way to not only learn from…
Read MoreNew YorkSeptember 30, 2010 OPS is for online advertising leaders. tackle the big issues and learn to leverage operations for increased profitability. About OPS "Unique and relevant to decision makers in Ad Operations" The fourth quarter of 2009 was the largest quarter on record for online marketing. Spending reached…
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The advertising world rejoiced today with the announcement that the complexity of buying and selling online advertising had been solved. The company X, formerly known as The Doubleyieldmeldmatictail Project, has been working secretly for months with a select group of agencies and publishers to beta test their products, BUD (Buy…
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We’ve all been there; you just received the third party ad server report(s) for the campaign that, according to your ad server, has been delivering on target, only to discover that the third party report is showing under delivery. The problem is that you’re billing the client based on their…
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Last week the AdMonsters descended on the land of Bon Jovi and Springsteen ready to "embrace their inner jersey" as well as, you know, talk about topics important to ad operations. And believe me - there is a lot to talk about. Let's get down to business and recap some…
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